Charlie Brown Jr. was a Brazilian rock band from Santos, São Paulo. The group was popular with disadvantaged youth because of their relatable commentary about social issues and the frequent use of skate punk and hip hop slang in their songs. The band won two Latin Grammy Awards and was one of the most-popular Brazilian bands of the late 1990s to mid-2000s.
"Chega de Saudade", also known as "No More Blues", is a bossa nova jazz standard. It is often considered to be the first bossa nova song to be recorded. Like "The Girl from Ipanema", the music for "Chega de Saudade" was composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes.
Marina Del Ray is a Japanese band founded in 1986 by vocalist Kacky and guitarist Tatsuology. They are best known for having made songs for Saint Seiya animes, such as the opening for the Hades saga, "Megami no Senshi ~ Pegasus Forever" and the ending for Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, "Hana no Kusari", with Maki Ikuno.
Ricardo Schiesari Barreto Cruz is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and journalist known for his performances of anime theme songs in Brazil as well being a semi-regular member of the Anison band JAM Project. He regularly tours with the band whenever they visit Latin America, and is also featured on several of the group's singles beginning with the B-side of 2005's "Meikyū no Prisoner".
Bruna Caram is a multi-instrumental Brazilian artist. She has been a singer for more than 20 years and is also a songwriter, composer, dancer and actress.
Animax was a Latin American cable television channel, serving as the regional variant of the Japanese network of the same name. It was launched on 31 July 2005, replacing Locomotion, which was acquired by Sony on 18 January of the same year. Animax was divided into four feeds: three in Spanish and one in Portuguese (Brazil).
"Pegasus Fantasy" is a song by Japanese metal band Make-Up. Serving as the band's fourth major release single, "Pegasus Fantasy" and its B-side "Blue Forever" were used as the theme songs for the first half of the original Saint Seiya anime. "Pegasus Fantasy" became Make-Up's most successful release, and they have re-released the song several times since its initial release in 1986. After releasing a "21st century ver." on their mini-album The Voice from Yesterday, Make-Up released a new edition of the song in 2012, subtitled "Version Omega", which features Shoko Nakagawa, the voice actress for Athena, on guest vocals and is used as the opening theme song for the re-imagined Saint Seiya Omega anime. "Pegasus Fantasy Version Omega" reached number 29 on the Oricon's weekly rankings. Masami Kurumada, the author of the Saint Seiya manga, has even included "Pegasus Fantasy" in the manga, with a background character seen singing it. It was appereanced in Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!.
Allan Luiz Ignacio de Lima is a Portuguese songwriter and composer for the band Imaginassba. As a solo songwriter, and together with singer Suel, he has had songs recorded by artists such as Beto, Mumuzinho, Sorriso Maroto, Bom Gosto, Pixote, Clareou, Swing and Simpatia and Ferrugem.
Thalía is a compilation album by Mexican singer Thalía, and fourth eponymous album released on 9 December 2013, by Sony Music. The album was released exclusively in Brazil.
The Fiat Pulse is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by Fiat mainly for the Latin American market since 2021. It is also available as a performance model known as the Pulse Abarth and a coupe SUV derivative marketed as the Fiat Fastback since 2022.
Chegou Quem Faltava is the third live album and the seventh DVD by Brazilian alternative rock band Charlie Brown Jr. Their first posthumous album since 2013's La Familia 013, it was released on July 13, 2021 through Sony Music, their first album on the label since 2009's Camisa 10 Joga Bola Até na Chuva.
Marília Mendonça was a Brazilian singer, composer, writer and Latin Grammy Award for Best Sertaneja Music Album winner. She released two collaborative studio albums, six extended-plays, four collaborative extended-plays, four live albums, one compilation album, and fourteen singles.
Mika Kobayashi is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She is usually chosen as a vocalist by Hiroyuki Sawano. She is the voice behind some anime songs, like Shingeki no Kyojin, Kill la Kill, Blue Exorcist, Seraph of the End, and Gundam Unicorn; she has also sung songs for video games like Final Fantasy XI and Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Gaijin Sentai is a Brazilian band formed in 2006 in the city of Caraguatatuba. With Nordan Manz and Dani Mancz on vocals, guitarists Arilson Poli and Wagner Rodrigues, Alexandre Manz on bass, Jefferson Amorim on keyboards, and Marcus Dotta on drums, the band brings elements of hard rock and heavy metal to covers of anime and tokusatsu songs. They are quite known in the Japanese culture convention scene in Brazil, having participated in events all around the country, such as Anime Friends, CCXP and Anime Summit, and have performed in Japan, Europe and in various countries in Latin America.
Anime Summit is an anime and Japanese culture convention that takes place in Brasília, Brazil. The event tends to bring Japanese artists in its several iterations.
Danger3 is a Brazilian band focused on the production of songs based on anime and Japanese pop culture in general. The all-vocalist trio is formed by JAM Project's Ricardo Cruz, Rodrigo Rossi and Larissa Tassi.
Root Five is a Japanese boy band formed by members Dasoku, Pokota, Mi-chan, Kettaro e Koma'n, five popular singers of Nico Nico Douga. They are better known for having provided theme songs for Saint Seiya Omega, Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold and Fairy Tail. They also had a small participation as voice actors in Saint Seiya Omega. The song Yakusoku no Ashita e, ending of Soul of Gold, is also on the band's second album, Rooters, released on February 25, 2015. The album also contains the Fairy Tail song Kimi no Mirai. Dasoku, as a solo act, has also contributed to Kingdom's third ending.
Rodrigo Rossi, also known as Rod Rossi, is a Brazilian singer. After beginning his career in heavy metal bands Snake Eyes and Thorn, he was invited to sing the Brazilian Portuguese version of the opening of Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, which led him to shift his career focus to the production of anime songs in Brazil.
